Beyond the Boardroom

Carson Block of Muddy Waters Research joins Kieran Poole to discuss how he researches a target company for a short report, the Federal Reserve's increase in interest rates, the Department of Justice's probe into short selling tactics, and lessons he has learned from campaigns that did not go as planned. 

Plus, why he believes enjoying South Park is integral to his success.   

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Kieran Poole and Rebecca Sherratt discuss the April edition of Insightia Monthly. This new-look magazine spans governance, stewardship, and shareholder engagement information. 

The April issue explores how the SEC's new climate policy affects Scope 3 emissions, the evolution of activism in South Korea, and ClientEarth's campaign at Shell. 

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Film director Bruce David Klein joins Kieran Poole to tell us all about making the HBO documentary Icahn: The Restless Billionaire. We also hear from Insightia's Head of Sales, Adam Riches, about our new website. 

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Kieran Poole and Rebecca Sherratt discuss our new-look magazine, Insightia Monthly, which spans governance, stewardship, and shareholder engagement information. 

The opening issue features the 10 key engagements and trends to look out for this coming proxy season. 

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Olivia Knight of As You Sow joins Kieran Poole to discuss racial equity audits, EEO-1 surveys, the Racial Justice Scorecard, and her most challenging moments. 

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Kieran Poole is joined by Schulte Roth and Zabel's Ele Klein and Marc Weingarten, as well as Insightia's Josh Black to discuss the eagerly anticipated Activist Investing Annual Review 2022.

Ele is chair of the firm's M&A and securities group, co-chair of the global shareholder Activism group, and serves as a member of Schulte's executive committee.

Marc is also co-chair of its global shareholder activism group and a member of the M&A and securities group and investment management group.

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Jim McRitchie of CorpGov.net joins Kieran Poole to discuss his 2021 review, the upcoming proxy season, and employee ownership. Plus, Jim tells us why we should all be watching Don't Look Up on Netflix.  

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Welcome to a look back at this year's interviews with guests from our Beyond The Boardroom and special report episodes. It has been a packed year so join Kieran Poole as we journey through the class of 2021.

Hear from Artisan Partners’ David Samra, George Michael Gerstein and Sara Crovitz of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, D.F. King’s David Chase Lopes, Gabriel Grego of Quintessential Capital Management, Tracy Gopal of Third Arrow Strategies, White & Case’s Tom Matthews, FTI Consulting’s Edward Bridges, Goodmans’ Jon Feldman, Ian Robertson of Kingsdale Advisors, Gabrielle Wolf and Craig Pais of Innisfree M&A, Olshan Frome Wolosky’s Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman and Andrew Freedman, Patrick Gadson and Lawrence Elbaum of Vinson & Elkins, Michael Verrechia of Morrow Sodali, and Kai Liekefett and Derek Zaba of Sidley Austin.

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Kieran Poole, Jason Booth, and Rebecca Sherratt discuss the December issues of Activist Insight Monthly and Proxy Monthly. 

Activist Insight Monthly profiles the most prolific law and proxy solicitation firms this year before revealing the winners of our 2021 Adviser Awards. 

Proxy Monthly looks back at the biggest stories in corporate governance from the past year, Vanguard shares its thoughts on the SEC's upcoming climate policies, and we look at how diversity continues to dominate board room discussions. 

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This is the second installment of Command Financial's Corporate Compliance Roundtable hosted by Kieran Poole. Every year since 2015, we have gathered industry experts at The Yale Club in New York but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are bringing it to you in the comfort of your own home. 

Part one featured a panel of inside counsel but this episode features the outside counsel of Kai Liekefett, David Ni, Sabastian Niles, and Elina Tetelbaum. 

Kai is a partner at Sidley Austin and co-chairs its shareholder activism practice and his colleague David specializes in SPACs. Elina and Sabastian are partners in the corporate department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.